176 Of‘ the Hiltorie of Plants.

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3 A’7IIf'zei’o}vraf«3;4,[ir4e parrumfilagffrrg ,V\/ilde Leeker

2 Pormm aJz’tz;gz';4e.a.'/»e«:. v French Leeks, or Vine Leckes.

V gr, The D tfcription.

I T A Iues bringvforth many leaues about‘ ‘

y ‘ hand-lull high, long, flender, round like to little ru1hes;am0ngfi whic , grow vp fmall and tenderiflalkesfending forth C61‘ taine knops with flourés like thofc of the 0ni0”! but much leller. They haue many little bulbes 0‘ headed roots faftned together: our of which gm” downe into the earth a great number of littlc firings, and it hath both the fmell and tafle of the Onion and Leeke, as it were participating 0 both. 2 The Vine Leeke orFrench Leel<e'groW§‘h vp with blades like thofe of Leekes : the ftallre 15“ Cubit high, 011 thf? 50}? whereof ilandeth a rOU“d

head or button, couered at the fir?-t with 21 thiflnc ' T

Skinneu Which being broken, the floures and T65 5 come forth like thofe of the Onion. Tlie hulbe Q‘ headed root is round, hard, and found, vhich ‘5 ‘lfiickly multiplied by fending forth rriany bulb<?9'

13 T3 The Wilde Leeke liath leaues mchli1<° vnto thofe of Crow-garlicl<e,hut larger,and m0le acride. The floures and feeds alfo refemblethffic of the Crowugarlicke, the feeds being about t 5. bignelle of comes of wheat, with {ma} firings COW rning forth at theirendzs. qr: '

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or the Hiaomrepianai T 77

qj The Place and Time.

MP1 “CIUCS are let in gardens,they llourifli long and continue many yeares,they fnllier the cold. of rte; : they are cut and polled olten,as is the vnfet Leeke. y 0 iztboflhe Vine-Leel-re grows of it lelfe in Viney;2rds,and neere vnto,_Vines in hot regions, wher- and W_ hi tooke rhe name Vine-Leelte and French Leeke. It beareth his greene leaues in Winter, ‘ it. ereth away in the Sornmer. It groweth in moi’: gardens of England. in I rzfllllfiofar our Author defcribes and intimates to you a garden Leek, much like the ordinary L‘ , a ' ' . ‘mew ypgc a,but_forriev~. hat larger. But the following names belong to the Wilde Leeke, which C giue you in the third place. i ' C_ V q] ‘T/ye Names. ay are called in Greelre 9C<I:ra/:»<>V::',eyv, §lm7gapr.4fztm : 1%D.fltCh, fitefloagg as though you fhould I“ am Pomzm,0i' Ru lh-leelre : in l1nglrfh,Ciues, Uhiues ,Ciuet, and Sweth : in French, Bye]. it T 2 The Vine—leeke,or rather Wilde i‘Leel<e,is called in Greeke '.A'.4wl¢\ari:rggiae! of the place where flatu ' ‘ - - . _ . . _ _ ‘ _ C’ 4 . _ a M firlally grove ethr.-it ni_ay_b,.e'ealled in Latine Porrzmz wtmm,or Vztzgmeum Ptermm .- in Englifh, C Greeke and Latine,Vine-leel<e,or French Leeke. C_ ‘ qr The Tempcmmre. iu ‘ - - “ ‘ - ‘ A - the Om: Ercctclfike in facultie vnto the Leeke,hot and dry. The V1flC- Leek heateth more than doth A re.

{T The Vertmv.

C j . ‘ _ . . A _ Hes attenuate or make thin,open,prouoke vrine,ingender hot and grofle vap0rs,and are hurt- A

trcéélcregyes and braine. They caule troublefome clreames , and worke all the effeéts that the

116 Vine-leeke or Ampeloprafon prouolceth vrrne mightily,and bringeth downe the floures.It B

Cur - - . - . . . “I1 the bitings of venomous beai’ts,as Dzofiarzde: writeth.

7,” Th 5 . _ c 3”“ °f *4’”P"°PWfi~'.'TI Wat In the firll pla ce,in the Chapt: r next but onc,by the nariae of vlfiium /_yl:.~5/ire, 1r~<

C H A P. 97. 0f(jarlic/(ea

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I T:l§_bi1_lb¢ 9’ hgiitl ‘of Garliclre is couered with molt thin skins or {ilmes of a very light

, ‘hm P“FP_1¢ colounconfiiling of many cloues feiuered one from another, vnd er which

th Orébfth iln t e ground below_grov_veth a taflel of threddy fibres: it hath long green leaues like upon doth er eelteia {wrong which rifeth no avflalkeat the and ofrhe feeond or third yeare,where- appmeth r%u°nV"; ::ff:el:3LS1l'eS'COu€1'Cd with a white skin,in which,«being broken when it is ripe

‘FranC;W‘hi'lc'Il:§re alfo another Garlicke which groweth wilde in fome places of Germanic and Zreddef T, $3 ,_ nape much refetnbles the ordinarie, but the clones of the roots are fma'11c‘1- and , ' .- -“ye —*»°“Y¢'15 alfo Of-3 more dusky and darke colour than the ordinarie. 1:

‘ Ga“. , ,, T _ V _ {H The Place 4na’Tz'me. , V y _ : Décemgcx IS feldome_l'own_e of feed,b}1t planted in gardens of the {mall clones’ in Noueniber and er,and fometimes in Februarie and March;

ItisCaHed.,I _. _ 4 _ i fl'T/.‘IL’T.Z\7VttI72c’5’.I _ __ V I, ‘L, __ . I. I. Germanes Cali‘? ‘atmfi A/lzmrz .- in Greelce mega. _. The Apothecaries lteepe the Latine name :the 33120 _. the F g‘ 13“°bl3ll€l)I the Low-_ Dutch Ihnnk : the Spaniards, Am, Alba : the Italians .4.’

rent: ,/11/01‘ Aux .- the Bohemians Crzefflet .- in Engli{h,Gatlick,and poore mans treacle.“ If The Temfiemmre. ‘

Gal“, ' ' , ' , . “P raihhcgkglillveerz fl“3TP€,lxot and dry (as Galen faith) in the fourth degree,and exulcerates the skin

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B - ~‘ _ M A In The I/ertm}; ,. . rnd{::?,,gt§:§,:‘;." hcateth the body Cxtremely, attenuateth and maketh thin thicke and grolle hu- e ion; is 2,“ much. as are tough 39¢‘ clammy, digelleth and confumeth them;31{O‘ Openeth 0blh'u—

3 emie to all cold poy{ons,and to the b itings of venomous beafis : and thetfore Galen

R , It yeeldeth awm uflmr, or the I-lusbandmzms Treac1e_

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to the b.°d§’ 11° ‘_!9UYiflIm€nt at all,it ingendreth naughty and (harp: blond. There-_ E